It will increase voter turnout by enabling more people to vote

Election day should be a national holiday because doing so will enable more people to vote, thus increasing voter turnout. Among registered voters on the 2016 US presidential election day, being “too busy” or having a conflicted schedule was the third highest reason cited for not voting. This reason accounted for 2.7 million registered voters who did not cast a vote.^[1] Election day should be a national holiday so that everyone has the time and opportunity to vote. Election day in the United States always falls on the first Tuesday of November. This means that it always falls on a workday, a day when millions of registered voters have jobs to go to and classes to attend. There may not be time for voters to get to the polls because of such obligations. If we make election day a national holiday where the majority of businesses are closed and schools and universities are closed, this will make it very easy for all voters to have the time to vote. Instead of working moms and dads, rushing to vote early in the morning before work or late in the evening after work, marking the day as a federal holiday would allow an entire day to get the task done. This would break up the typical rush hours that we see on election days^[2] and help to eliminate the long lines that discourage voting. Moreover, as many polling places are often places of work, it would mean more polling places would be readily available for voters, increasing convenience.^[2] Election day should be a national holiday because it will enable more people to have the ability to vote, thus increasing voter turnout.